The Local Switzerland

Swiss family buries wrong person after morgue mix-up

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:28:46 +0200

A family in the canton of Valais who held a funeral for a loved one were told they buried the wrong body after a blunder by an undertaker.

Nurse posing with corpse sparks outrage

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0100

A nurse in Switzerland who posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman is coming under fire from her profession, while prosecutors say they have launched an investigation.

Fire-starter bear leads police to murder victim

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:39:56 +0200

At the scene of a fire, started when a bear knocked a tree into an electricity pylon, police found a near-naked dead body on the border between Austria and Switzerland.